THE ETHICS OF WAR: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY READINGS/EDITED BY GREGORY M. REICHBERG, HENDRIK SYSE AND ENDRE BEGBY

dc.creator	Francois Vreÿ
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:46Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/34-2-26
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9b098b43f8054b7790abd600ae84f3f4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8452
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/9b098b43f8054b7790abd600ae84f3f4
dc.description	In no uncertain way have the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent attacks in<br />Madrid and London, the War on Terror depicted by Afghanistan and the 2003<br />invasion of Iraq, the subsequent insurgency in Iraq, and the 2006 war in the Middle<br />East moved matters of ethics and justice in war back to centre stage. How justifiable<br />are the actions by the USA, Israel, Hezbollah and al Qaeda to go to war? If justified,<br />how ethical are their actions in the execution of their version of warfare against their<br />opponents? Subjective and nationalistic or ideological opinions even further<br />complicate matters. In addition, the interstate profile of war collapsed into an<br />intrastate phenomenon with a humanitarian crisis profile where the suffering of<br />innocent victims, rather than soldiers, personifies the violence and destruction. If<br />ever the boundaries of war needed to be reinstated and the conduct of war redirected<br />by justice and ethics, the early 21st century presents a case in point.<br />The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings brings to the fore<br />an extensive array of fundamental Western thoughts and scripts on two primary<br />domains of war: firstly, the righteousness of going to war against an opponent and<br />secondly, the morality or justification of the ways and means employed during war.<br />To these ends this publication by Reichberg, Syse and Begby (eds.) on the ethics of<br />war follows a chronological-thematic line that depicts important contributors and<br />sections of the original (translated) scripts from the Western debate.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/26
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 34, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	THE ETHICS OF WAR: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY READINGS/EDITED BY GREGORY M. REICHBERG, HENDRIK SYSE AND ENDRE BEGBY
dc.type	Article